SFS Chapter 121 The Wang Clan of Xiaoqiu Mountain, the Soul of Xuandu?
Chapter 121 The Wang Clan of Xiaoqiu Mountain, the Soul of Xuandu?
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The Kingdom of Nanyue.
Lingzhou.
The area on the edge of Wandao Lake.
There is a small peak, a small hill.
The mountain is planted with a large area of black jade locust trees, and the whole mountain seems to be wrapped in a black color when you look at it.
Because there is a superior spiritual vein here, a branch of the Wang Clan of Immortals has settled here. The clan has several cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining, as well as many mortals and cultivators living together.
now.
On the west side of the small hill, near the shore, in a place where reeds grow abundantly.
Then a young man in a straw raincoat, riding on the back of a green fish about ten feet long, came from the mist in the distance and arrived at the ferry dock on the shore.
The boy was slender and held a sharp black harpoon, giving him a rather fierce appearance.
At this moment, on a small ferry made of several thick wooden planks on the shore, two dark-skinned boys, both dressed in simple hemp clothing, were waving their hands excitedly at the boy on the back of the fish.
"Whoosh!"
At this moment, the large bluefish swam to the ferry dock, opened its mouth wide, and a jet of water the size of a bucket shot out, carrying two ghost-faced fish nearly seven or eight feet long, which slammed heavily onto the deck.
"Big brother, and Big Green, you guys are really amazing. You caught two such big fish again this time."
One of the boys in hemp clothing finished speaking excitedly, then smoothly took out his short sword and began to deal with the ghost fish on the deck.
Although the flesh of this ghost face fish is tender, you have to deal with the sharp spines that grow on its body, as they are all poisonous.
After processing.
Once the fish meat is cut up, it can be carried back to town and sold for a good amount of money at the town's taverns.
Whoosh!
The large blue carp in front of the makeshift ferry was excitedly wagging its tail.
On the back of the fish, Wang Jingchu, a young man in a straw raincoat holding a harpoon, touched the head of the big blue fish. Looking at his two younger brothers who were moving nimbly on the shore, a smile appeared on his face.
"We owe this all to Daqing."
"Daqing's belly can hold a lot."
After saying that, Wang Jingchu leaped up and landed on the ferry, smiling as he spoke.
"I think even if my elder brother doesn't have spiritual roots, his abilities are no worse than those who cultivate immortality."
"Wang Jingshan is just a person with four spiritual roots, what's so great about him?"
"Last time they stole our fish and smashed our stall. Even the elders in the town are biased towards Wang Jingshan, just because of his spiritual root aptitude."
At this moment, one of the boys in hemp clothing, who was dealing with the black thorns with a short knife, spoke with a tone full of resentment.
"Third brother."
"You can vent your frustrations here, but you can't say anything like that when you get back to town."
"We can't afford to offend Wang Jingshan."
"No matter what, that's the talent for cultivating immortality; we're just mortals."
Upon hearing this, Wang Jingchu's eyes flashed with a strange light, and then he spoke in a slightly serious tone.
The town is a melting pot of all sorts of people.
There are all kinds of people. If someone speaks recklessly and gets reported for insulting a member of the clan's immortals, my third brother will definitely be punished, and even the family might be affected.
"Big brother, I was wrong."
"I was just angry, and I blurted it out without thinking."
Wang Jingshi, who was called the third brother, exchanged a glance with their eldest brother and said somewhat guiltily.
If they said such nonsense at home, their mother would definitely have already hit them with a broom.
Right now.
Before them, an old man in a white robe appeared out of nowhere. The old man had a kind face and his robe was spotless, radiating a luminous glow. He was clearly no ordinary person.
"Wang Jingchu and his two younger brothers from the Wang clan of Xiaoqiu Mountain pay their respects to the Immortal Master!"
"My younger brother spoke without thinking just now; please forgive him, Immortal Master!"
Upon seeing this scene, Wang Jingchu's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly bowed and said...
Just as he was about to kneel down, a gentle magical force lifted him up.
At this time, Zhou Jing, who had been out of the Soul-Suppressing Seal for a long time, had comprehended the art of spirit puppet crafting. He first inhabited the Flying Eagle Puppet given to him by Jin Xiaoyou, and then found a second-tier spirit mine underground.
It took more than a month to refine this earth-elemental spirit puppet.
The physical strength of this spirit puppet is comparable to that of a mid-tier second-order magic weapon. If it is combined with some supernatural abilities and spells, along with Zhou Jing's Core Formation stage divine sense, it would basically be the ceiling-level combat power in the Foundation Establishment stage.
After acquiring the spirit puppet, Zhou Jing performed a divination, and combined it with the Xuanmen techniques within Xuandu Cave, which allowed him to sense the divine soul aura of a disciple of Xuandu Cave.
It should be noted that as long as one cultivates the divination techniques of Xuandu Cave, the Xuanmen Dharma Seal will leave an indelible mark of the Heavenly Dao on one's soul.
Only the other disciples of Xuandu Cave could sense this mark.
Zhou Jing used magic to trace the trail and eventually arrived at this place.
He could sense that within the soul of this young man in the straw raincoat, there was a unique magical seal aura belonging to the disciples of Xuandu Cave.
That magic seal and the boy's soul had already merged into one.
"Could it be that among those who fell to the lower realm, there were still remnants of the souls of my senior brothers who perished, and under the pressure of the realm's rules, they merged with the beings of this realm?!"
Zhou Jing was deep in thought.
They had been within the restrictions of Fallen Immortal Valley for thousands of years, and the suppressive power of the boundary rules on them had become negligible.
However, when they first fell into this realm, some remnant souls that had scattered from the spatial passage could only drift aimlessly between heaven and earth under the powerful force of the realm's rules.
Some may be unconsciously attracted by the innate energy that gives birth to new life, and thus merge into it and become one with it.
It's similar to the concept of reincarnation.
"A senior brother from Xuandu Cave!?"
If that's the case, once this senior brother from Xuandu Cave awakens his soul, his seniority within Xuandu Cave might be higher than that of the current senior brother from Linchuan.
"It's a pity, this senior brother's soul is too weak right now; I wonder when he'll be able to awaken."
"Between Xiaobai and me, only I have successfully crafted the spirit puppet. We still need to find spiritual objects imbued with yang energy."
"It seems I'll have to ask young friend Jin to look after me for a while."
At this moment, Zhou Jing thought for a moment and realized that he could only ask his friend Jin for help.
"Huh?"
"This bluefish has some potential."
At this moment, under Zhou Jing's perception of his Core Formation Divine Sense, the large blue fish on the surface of the ferry was only a first-tier low-grade blue fish variant.
It should be a mutation of an ordinary grass carp.
However, this mutated bloodline has some dragon-like energy, and within that dragon-like energy are traces of the supernatural powers and techniques of the Xuandu Cave.
"Could this strange creature also be the work of this senior brother from Xuandu Cave?"
After carefully sensing it, Zhou Jing indeed found a wisp of Xuandu Dharma Seal aura deep within the sea of consciousness of the giant blue fish.
A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
The three Xuandu Cave supernatural abilities that his senior brother Linchuan taught him—the Spirit Puppet Technique, the Star Qi Guiding Technique, and the Mysterious Light Shadow Escape Technique—were the most basic supernatural abilities. As for the other minor techniques and supernatural abilities, they were far inferior to these three orthodox Xuanmen techniques.
As for the other techniques of Xuandu Cave, Zhou Jing had only learned half of the technique of spiritual plants.
He could only sense the aura of this Xuandu Cave senior brother's magic seal, but he naturally knew nothing about what kind of magic it was.
At this time.
At this small ferry crossing, Wang Jingchu's two younger brothers knelt on the ground, their faces filled with fear, their bodies trembling.
"Immortal Master, I was wrong, I shouldn't have..."
Before the third brother, Wang Jingshi, could finish speaking, his body was lifted up by a magical force, making them all stand on this ferry crossing.
"I have no intention of blaming you."
"It's something else entirely."
Zhou Jing smiled and stroked his white beard, speaking in a gentle tone to soothe the anxious feelings of the boys.
"I am a rogue cultivator from the Xuanmen sect. Today, I happened to pass by this place and found your large blue fish quite appealing. I would like to take it under my wing as a spirit pet."
"However, I see that you and that big blue carp are quite on the same page."
"You may follow me in my cultivation, and simply look after this blue fish on ordinary days."
"Although you lack the aptitude for cultivation, you can become my disciple under my name."
"Are you willing?"
Zhou Jing continued speaking.
"Is it a predestined connection with the divine?!"
"Can…"
At this moment, both Wang Jingshi and his companion showed worry in their eyes.
Immortal world.
A mixed bag.
There are all sorts of eccentric old men among the cultivators of both the righteous and demonic paths, and this old man in front of me looks like a sage.
But who knows if it's all an act?
But as ordinary people, even if they knew there were risks involved, they were powerless to do anything about it.
"Disciple greets Master. Disciple is willing to follow Master to take care of Daqing."
"However, I am a member of the Wang clan of Xiaoqiu Mountain. I have parents at home. If I leave without a reason, the clan will probably think that I have betrayed the clan, causing my parents to live in fear."
Wang Jingchu knew very well that they, as mortals, would have no power to resist such cultivators and could only submit.
Even if this journey is a dead end, all we can do is keep moving forward with our heads down.
"Leaving behind a record is a natural thing to do."
Zhou Jing knew exactly what Wang Jingchu was worried about.
They are so young, yet they fish in this lake to make a living; their lives must be very hard.
Moreover, even if Wang Jingchu didn't say anything, Zhou Jingyi would leave behind evidence and means to protect them.
This small hill is nothing more than a small clan that cultivates qi.
With a gentle sweep of his Core Formation stage divine sense, he knew that there were only a few old cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage within this immortal clan.
The highest-ranking of those elders in the clan was at the eighth level of Qi Refining.
There is absolutely no chance of advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage in this lifetime.
It is just one of the many small Qi-refining clans around Wandao Lake, and it is inconspicuous.
"These are four protective amulets that you can wear on your person."
"May it protect you and keep you safe for a hundred years."
"You can give this jade slip to the elders in your clan."
With a wave of his hand, Zhou Jing imbued four strands of his Core Formation divine sense into four earthen-yellow jade pendants, and at the same time, left behind a communication jade slip.
The jade slip contained the location Zhou Jing left behind: Beiyuan Island in Wandao Lake, along with his title of rogue cultivator.
When Jin Xiaoyou left the Soul-Suppressing Seal, he instructed them that if anything happened, they could use the communication link between the Soul-Suppressing Seals to search for him on Beiyuan Island in Wandao Lake.
If there's anything I can help with, I'm happy to assist.
Zhou Jing had no choice but to leave Wang Jingchu on Beiyuan Island.
As soon as he finished speaking...
With a wave of his hand, Zhou Jing swept up Wang Jingchu and the large blue fish, transforming them into a streak of yellow light that shot straight into the sky and disappeared into the thick fog over Wandao Lake in the blink of an eye.
"Big brother!"
Wang Jingshi and his brother turned to look at the thick fog on the lake. After a long while, they wiped away their tears, grabbed the floating protective jade pendant and the jade slip, simply slung a ghost-faced fish over their shoulders, and began to run wildly towards the small hill.
"Let the clan elders see what the old immortal who took my elder brother away left behind in the jade slip!"
The Wang brothers were preoccupied with how to explain this to their parents when they got home.
Their eldest brother was taken away by an old immortal.
A moment later.
On the small hill.
In front of a three-story pavilion, an old man in a black robe with a wrinkled face looked at the communication jade slip in his hand, a solemn look in his eyes.
"He can transform into a flying form if he didn't use a talisman."
"He's at least a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator."
"From what you're saying, your eldest brother, Wang Jingchu, was taken as a spirit pet by that old cultivator because of the blue fish he raised, and he also left with the blue fish?"
The old man in black robes, Wang Xiuyuan, is a cultivator at the fourth level of Qi Refining within the clan.
Now it's his turn to oversee the formation on the small hill within the family compound.
Unexpectedly, two mortals from the clan came to their door, saying they had brought them items for cultivating immortality.
"Yes, elder."
The Wang brothers nodded hastily.
"A cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining."
"We need to inform the clan elders."
Wang Xiuyuan said with a solemn expression, "This involves a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining. If this is not handled properly, it could cause trouble for the clan."
It must be handed over to their clan's elders who are at the late stage of Qi Refining to handle.
"You two brothers, wait a moment."
"Let's wait for the clan elders to decide."
Wang Xiuyuan finished speaking.
He then sent out several transmission talismans.
soon.
Three streaks of azure light flew to the front of the pavilion.
"Greetings, Elder."
Seeing the three elders fly over from the back mountain together, Wang Xiuyuan hurriedly bowed and greeted them.
He then recounted what had happened to Wang Jingchu and his two brothers, and presented the jade slip left by Zhou Jing with both hands.
"Xiuyuan, you did a good job."
"A cultivator at the late stage of Qi Refining should indeed be treated with caution."
One of them, a white-haired old woman with a hunched back and a cane, nodded in acknowledgment.
"Let's see what they left in this jade slip."
"If the other party dares to harm the lives of our Wang clan members, we will not let them off easily."
After the old woman with the cane finished speaking, she released a wisp of her divine sense to probe into the communication jade slip.
The other two elders who were in the late stage of Qi Refining were in the same situation.
But only a few breaths later, a look of surprise appeared on the faces of the three elders.